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Supreme Court Allows Evictions for Soccer World Cup |
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Forced eviction |
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| Date | 01 April 2006 | ||||||||
| Region | AFA [ Africa anglophone ] | ||||||||
| Country | South Africa | ||||||||
| Location | Gympie Street, Cape Town | ||||||||
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| Brief narrative |
Source: COHRE In April 2006, the Sheriff of Cape Town, backed by police and private security guards, forcibly evicted 110 persons from their flats on Gympie Street after an eviction order had been granted by the Cape Town High Court. The owner of the flats wants to sell them to developers for tourist accommodation ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. There has been no consultation with the residents who have been living in these flats for up to 30 years. For full narrative, please visit: http://www.cohre.org/store/attachments/Global_Survey_10.pdf | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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